page_title: Malabar Diocese of the Church of South India
section_title: CSI Cathedral Church (BEM), Calicut
hierarchical_section_title: Malabar Diocese of the Church of South India / Notable CSI churches / CSI Cathedral Church (BEM), Calicut
caption_attribution_description: English: Reverend J.M. Fritz, one of the founders.
context_page_description: The Malabar Diocese is one of the twenty-four dioceses of the Church of South India covering the Malabar part of Kerala. The diocese consists of CSI churches in the areas Kannur, Wayanad, Calicut, part of Palakkad district and church in Goa. The cathedral church of the diocese is situated at Calicut and the Bishops House at Calicut
context_section_description: The Church of South India (CSI) Cathedral Church is a landmark of Kozhikode City and a symbol of the contributions of the German missionaries of the Basel Mission in India.
  It was on December 20, 1856, that the CSI Cathedral was opened. It marked a moment in the history of the Basel Mission in North Kerala after Hermann Gundert began activities of the mission in Thalassery on April 12, 1839.  Located on the eastern side of the Mananchira Square, it is the biggest Basel Mission church in the Malabar region, built eight years after the missionaries came to India. The architecture is a combination of European and Kerala styles. On top of the arched entrance porch, there is a three-tiered turret. The church has a main hall and a cluster of rooms to the back and the sides. These are roofed with tiles.
  The church also has a pipe organ which was a gift from the St. Ayden's Church in Cheltenham, England.
  The pioneering founders of the CSI Cathedral Church were Reverend Dr. Hermann Gundert, Reverend Samuel Hebich and Reverend J.M. Fritz.
caption: Reverend J.M. Fritz
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